It is not just about political governance anymore. We are past that stage of human history. It went as far as it could: it is modernity. Thinking that the State is going to fix all our digital problems it is not being in touch with the twenty-first century. The governance of the digital will have to involve all stakeholders. The massive liquidity has to be counterbalanced by some anchoring. This reminds me of the logo of Aldus Manutius, the most famous Italian publisher and one of the founders of the modern book era. He had a logo with the anchor and a dolphin and the motto 'Festina Lente' which means 'Go fast, slowly'. This logo, I think, stands for a good balance for information society. The dolphin represents liquidity, the anchor represents the necessary grounding. Because it is not just about liquidity of the digital, it is also about grounding the governance of the digital. We need a counterbalance to the excessive liquidity of our society. I think it would be a great motto and icon for the society we want to develop. archives in liquid times Literature Floridi, L. (2002). Sextus Empiricus - The Recovery and Transmission of Pyrrhonism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Floridi, L. (2014). The Fourth Revolution - How the Infosphere is Reshaping Human Reality. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Glaudemans, Arnoud, Rienk Jonker and Frans Smit (2015). The right people and the right forces need to get together, Interview with Prof. Luciano Floridi, Archievenblad, L-F, 01/2015. Retrieved from http://www.youblisher. com/p/1048348-Archievenblad-uitgave-van-de-Koninklijke-Vereniging-van-Archivarissen-in- Nederland/ Lanier, Jaron (2013). Who owns the future? London: Allen Lane. Yeo, G. (2008). Concepts of Record(2), Prototypes and boundary objects. The American Archivist, 71, 118-143. 320 321

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